Recent discoveries in archaeology have unveiled a previously unknown civilization that could fundamentally alter our ...

The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era. A new scientific study has shed ...

The discovery fundamentally changed our understanding of human history because it was the first proof of the existence of some of our closest relatives.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the Neanderthals and Denisovans that our ancestors ...

Markings found in White Sands National Park in New Mexico were made by an X-shaped travois, or vehicle.

The findings push back the timing of ancient human rainforest occupation "by more than double," said archaeologist Eslem Ben Arous.

The tracks showed human activity in the area occurred between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago - a timeline that would upend anthropologists' understanding of when cultures developed in North America.

Discover how ancient pathogens shaped human health with the rise of agriculture and zoonotic diseases over 6,500 years ago.